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See the GNU General Public License 13 # version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that 14 # accompanied this code). 15 # 16 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version 17 # 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 18 # Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. 19 # 20 # Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA 21 # or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any 22 # questions. 23 # 24 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 25 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 26 27 # From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15): 28 # To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see 29 # COMNAP - Stations and Bases 30 # http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/ 31 # and 32 # Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23) 33 # http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm 34 # for information. 35 # Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information. 36 # 37 # Except for the French entries, 38 # I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome! 39 # FORMAT is 'zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited. 40 41 # These rules are stolen from the 'southamerica' file. 42 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 43 Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - 44 Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S 45 Rule ArgAQ 1967 only - Apr 2 0:00 0 - 46 Rule ArgAQ 1967 1968 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 47 Rule ArgAQ 1968 1969 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 48 Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S 49 Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 - 50 Rule ChileAQ 1972 1986 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 51 Rule ChileAQ 1974 1987 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S 52 Rule ChileAQ 1987 only - Apr 12 3:00u 0 - 53 Rule ChileAQ 1988 1989 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 54 Rule ChileAQ 1988 only - Oct Sun>=1 4:00u 1:00 S 55 Rule ChileAQ 1989 only - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S 56 Rule ChileAQ 1990 only - Mar 18 3:00u 0 - 57 Rule ChileAQ 1990 only - Sep 16 4:00u 1:00 S 58 Rule ChileAQ 1991 1996 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 59 Rule ChileAQ 1991 1997 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S 60 Rule ChileAQ 1997 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 - 61 Rule ChileAQ 1998 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 62 Rule ChileAQ 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S 63 Rule ChileAQ 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - 64 Rule ChileAQ 1999 2010 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S 65 Rule ChileAQ 2000 2007 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 66 # N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time, 67 # which is used below in specifying the transition. 68 Rule ChileAQ 2008 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 - 69 Rule ChileAQ 2009 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 70 Rule ChileAQ 2010 only - Apr Sun>=1 3:00u 0 - 71 Rule ChileAQ 2011 only - May Sun>=2 3:00u 0 - 72 Rule ChileAQ 2011 only - Aug Sun>=16 4:00u 1:00 S 73 Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Apr Sun>=23 3:00u 0 - 74 Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S 75 76 # Argentina - year-round bases 77 # Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05 78 # Carlini, Potter Cove, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01 79 # Esperanza, Hope Bay, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17 80 # Marambio, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29 81 # Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22 82 # San Martín, Barry I, -6808-06706, since 1951-03-21 83 # (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21) 84 85 # Australia - territories 86 # Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited) 87 # previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered 88 # Margaret Turner reports 89 # http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html 90 # (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST; 91 # presumably this is when they have visitors. 92 # 93 # year-round bases 94 # Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969 95 # Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13 96 # (except 1964-11 - 1969-02) 97 # Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13 98 99 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11): 100 # Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone: 101 # Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11 102 # Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5 103 # Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5 104 # The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times). 105 # 106 # Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division) 107 # http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079 108 # 109 # We have more background information here: 110 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html 111 112 # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10): 113 # We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: ... 114 # 115 # - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010. 116 # The change to UTC+11 is being considered as a regular summer thing but 117 # has not been decided yet. 118 # 119 # - Davis station will revert to its normal time of UTC+7 at 10 March 2010 120 # 20:00 UTC. 121 # 122 # - Mawson station stays on UTC+5. 123 # 124 # Background: 125 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html 126 127 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 128 Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969 129 8:00 - AWST 2009 Oct 18 2:00 130 # Australian Western Std Time 131 11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00 # Casey Time 132 8:00 - AWST 2011 Oct 28 2:00 133 11:00 - CAST 2012 Feb 21 17:00u 134 8:00 - AWST 135 Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13 136 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time 137 0 - zzz 1969 Feb 138 7:00 - DAVT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 139 5:00 - DAVT 2010 Mar 10 20:00u 140 7:00 - DAVT 2011 Oct 28 2:00 141 5:00 - DAVT 2012 Feb 21 20:00u 142 7:00 - DAVT 143 Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13 144 6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 # Mawson Time 145 5:00 - MAWT 146 # References: 147 # Casey Weather (1998-02-26) 148 # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html 149 # Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26) 150 # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html 151 # Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25) 152 # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html 153 154 # Belgium - year-round base 155 # Princess Elisabeth, Queen Maud Land, -713412+0231200, since 2007 156 157 # Brazil - year-round base 158 # Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4 159 160 # Bulgaria - year-round base 161 # St. Kliment Ohridski, Livingston Island, -623829-0602153, since 1988 162 163 # Chile - year-round bases and towns 164 # Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994 165 # Frei Montalva, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07 166 # O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02 167 # Prat, -6230-05941 168 # Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09 169 # These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'. 170 171 # China - year-round bases 172 # Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20 173 # Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26 174 175 # France - year-round bases (also see "France & Italy") 176 # 177 # From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20): 178 # Time data entries are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP 179 # (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology). 180 # She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adélie bases 181 # don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adélie supplies came 182 # from Tasmania. 183 # 184 # French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants 185 # 186 # Alfred Faure, Possession Island, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964; 187 # sealing & whaling stations operated variously 1802/1911+; 188 # see Indian/Reunion. 189 # 190 # Martin-de-Viviès, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950 191 # Port-aux-Français, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951; 192 # whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956 193 # 194 # St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited 195 # fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931 196 # 197 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 198 Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Français 199 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time 200 # 201 # year-round base in the main continent 202 # Dumont d'Urville, Île des Pétrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11 203 # <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station> (2005-12-05) 204 # 205 # Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947. 206 # It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14. 207 # 208 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 209 Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947 210 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time 211 0 - zzz 1956 Nov 212 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time 213 214 # France & Italy - year-round base 215 # Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005 216 217 # Germany - year-round base 218 # Neumayer III, -704080-0081602, since 2009 219 220 # India - year-round bases 221 # Bharati, -692428+0761114, since 2012 222 # Maitri, -704558+0114356, since 1989 223 224 # Italy - year-round base (also see "France & Italy") 225 # Zuchelli, Terra Nova Bay, -744140+1640647, since 1986 226 227 # Japan - year-round bases 228 # Syowa (also known as Showa), -690022+0393524, since 1957 229 # 230 # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06): 231 # In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. 232 # 233 # Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan, 234 # was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main 235 # station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location. 236 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 237 Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29 238 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time 239 # See: 240 # NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17) 241 # http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html 242 243 # S Korea - year-round base 244 # Jang Bogo, Terra Nova Bay, -743700+1641205 since 2014 245 # King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988 246 247 # New Zealand - claims 248 # Balleny Islands (never inhabited) 249 # Scott Island (never inhabited) 250 # 251 # year-round base 252 # Scott Base, Ross Island, since 1957-01. 253 # See Pacific/Auckland. 254 255 # Norway - territories 256 # Bouvet (never inhabited) 257 # 258 # claims 259 # Peter I Island (never inhabited) 260 # 261 # year-round base 262 # Troll, Queen Maud Land, -720041+0023206, since 2005-02-12 263 # 264 # From Paul-Inge Flakstad (2014-03-10): 265 # I recently had a long dialog about this with the developer of timegenie.com. 266 # In the absence of specific dates, he decided to choose some likely ones: 267 # GMT +1 - From March 1 to the last Sunday in March 268 # GMT +2 - From the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October 269 # GMT +1 - From the last Sunday in October until November 7 270 # GMT +0 - From November 7 until March 1 271 # The dates for switching to and from UTC+0 will probably not be absolutely 272 # correct, but they should be quite close to the actual dates. 273 # 274 # From Paul Eggert (2014-03-21): 275 # The CET-switching Troll rules require zic from tzcode 2014b or later, so as 276 # suggested by Bengt-Inge Larsson comment them out for now, and approximate 277 # with only UTC and CEST. Uncomment them when 2014b is more prevalent. 278 # 279 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 280 #Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar 1 1:00u 1:00 CET 281 Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 2:00 CEST 282 #Rule Troll 2005 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 1:00 CET 283 #Rule Troll 2004 max - Nov 7 1:00u 0:00 UTC 284 # Remove the following line when uncommenting the above '#Rule' lines. 285 Rule Troll 2004 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0:00 UTC 286 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 287 Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - zzz 2005 Feb 12 288 0:00 Troll %s 289 290 # Poland - year-round base 291 # Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977 292 293 # Romania - year-bound base 294 # Law-Racoviță, Larsemann Hills, -692319+0762251, since 1986 295 296 # Russia - year-round bases 297 # Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22 298 # Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02 299 # Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551, 300 # year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01 301 # Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150, 302 # year-round from 1960/61 to 1992 303 304 # Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11 305 # From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15): 306 # http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP 307 # Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same 308 # time as Moscow, Russia. 309 # 310 # From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08): 311 # I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is 312 # what they had to say about time there: 313 # "in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo) 314 # time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was 315 # 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead 316 # of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The 317 # natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT." 318 # 319 # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04): 320 # This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it 321 # in person. He said that some Antarctic locations set their local 322 # time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this 323 # changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean 324 # solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks 325 # happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time 326 # it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6. 327 # 328 Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16 329 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time 330 331 # S Africa - year-round bases 332 # Marion Island, -4653+03752 333 # SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, -714022-0025026, since 1997 334 335 # Ukraine - year-round base 336 # Vernadsky (formerly Faraday), Galindez Island, -651445-0641526, since 1954 337 338 # United Kingdom 339 # 340 # British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims 341 # South Orkney Islands 342 # scientific station from 1903 343 # whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926 344 # South Shetland Islands 345 # 346 # year-round bases 347 # Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983 348 # Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931, 349 # scientific station 1943/1967, 350 # previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident, 351 # and a garrison was deployed briefly 352 # Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06 353 # Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated 354 # so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location. 355 # Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01 356 # 357 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22) 358 # <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year. 359 # 360 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 361 Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - zzz 1976 Dec 1 362 -3:00 - ROTT # Rothera time 363 364 # Uruguay - year round base 365 # Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107 366 367 # USA - year-round bases 368 # 369 # Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968) 370 # 371 # From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06): 372 # It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us 373 # and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line.... 374 # I verified with someone who was there that since 1980, 375 # Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War, 376 # Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina. 377 # 378 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 379 Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - zzz 1965 380 -4:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 381 -3:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1982 May 382 -4:00 ChileAQ CL%sT 383 # 384 # 385 # McMurdo Station, Ross Island, since 1955-12 386 # Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20 387 # 388 # From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27): 389 # Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station, 390 # stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station, 391 # but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12 392 # as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound, 393 # which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year 394 # at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 Degrees South.) 395 # 396 # From Susan Smith 397 # http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html 398 # (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available): 399 # We use the same time as McMurdo does. 400 # And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does.... 401 # One last quirk about South Pole time. 402 # All the electric clocks are usually wrong. 403 # Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something 404 # makes all of the clocks run fast. So every couple of days, 405 # we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so. 406 # Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!! 407 # 408 # See 'australasia' for Antarctica/McMurdo.